The general didn’t correct him, but did say it correctly: caches.

Webb is a clown.

He’s the same guy who got caught with a gun in his briefcase.

How do such people get elected?

I saw him speak at a local college a few years ago. His speech and speaking style was detached, unfocused and slurry. Then he took questions from the audience, who were almost exclusively white people. The white kids were ridiculous, the old white lefties were absurd and every single question was “get whitey.” Lee must have really needed that appearance fee, he almost fell asleep on-stage.

I almost felt sorry for him…

The next twenty years will show that George Bush knew what he was doing when it came to fighting terrorists. He catches a lot of crap now, but time will prove him right.

That ad’s OK for Oprah. Needs to run another one saying “I don’t like losing a war.”

You should contact McCain’s national campaign staff. If they turn someone with your background down at least we’ll know there’s a conspiracy at the highest levels. McCain should hire some of Hillary’s people. They may have more of a vested interest in him winning.

By the way, any of our Northern neighbors out there want to comment on the Steyn trial? Your Human Rights Tribunals can’t bust you for what you say on this site.

Posted from the “Live Free or Die” state.

I tried to get something going in St. Louis and the guy with all the lists who first called me…never called me back. I’ve got time. I wanted to help. I bought precinct maps with my own money. I’m a telemarketer. I’m cool. Somebody dropped the ball.

It seems to me that organization itself isn’t a priority. I saw a ‘I don’t like war’ McCain ad on Oprah today. Somebody was watching TV at work. We would hope that he thinks he’s got right wingers already and is targeting the left.

We would hope there’s a method to this madness. Waiting to pounce. Keeping their powder dry. Letting the enemy get in range.

We would hope.

That said, McCain can probably write off the Millennial vote. They’re never going to vote for anyone above age sixty, unless that person fits into some sort of Identity category. Americans have been fixated on youthhood for decades, but to truly understand the political viewpoint of the modern twentysomething year old crowd that worships Obama, you have to look at what they grew up reading (at home or in school). The most popular books for kids/teenagers the past 10-20 years are all about make-believe worlds. Harry Potter, Ender’s Game, et alia — fantasies where a teenage “genius” or wizard saves us from darkness or evil. I don’t recall ever reading a novel as a kid where young people ruled anything more than their stretch of the Mississippi River. Once you’ve discussed one of these modern kid books with your kids, you realize they do not consider it inconceivable that a youngster with suitable “powers” (oratory?) or intelligence could rule the world. Age and experience are irrelevant, when new paradigms are the norm. And I doubt their college educations disabused them of these notions.

There are not a lot of positive associations with Luo leaders. Raila Odinga, Joseph Kony, Milton Obote, Idi Amin just to name a few. And there is a long tortured history of Muslims in Africa. It’s Black Americans who mostly engage in the “blame whitey” victim mentality as exemplified by Jeremiah Wright and his fake Christian church.

It’s the latter — channeling guerrillas into defending territory where they can be annihilated — that we need to take away from this. Territory matters (and I say that as a career Naval officer). You hold territory, you hold people: you offer them hope and give them a chance. You change their hearts and minds.

It takes political aggression to induce a guerrilla force to attack you in key territory, and try to wrest it from you. You have to go on offense and choose the territory yourself, instead of trying to meet the guerrilla force symmetrically, in its territory and on its terms. Bush did that, and finally found Petraeus to execute the policy effectively at the tactical level. We can learn as much from the Bush strategy as from the Petraeus tactics.

You are correct. IMHO, the Iraq campaign will be seen as a real turning point in counter-insurgency tactics. I would only add one thing. GWB knew exactly what he was doing. He repeatedly said that it was better to fight the enemy on their territory than on ours. Tying up Al-Qaeda in Iraq was exactly his strategy.

An opportunity continues to be squandered. McCain, with his awful combover and zzzz’s-inducing grunting is a horrible contrast to a well-spoken Obama, who exchanges emails with Hollywood hotties.

Jesus, John, where is your web campaign? You’re NOT getting the message out!